Improvement in sample-envelopes



A. H. SCHULTZ. Sample-Envelopes.

No. 219,879. Patented Sept. 23, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE,

ALEXANDER H. SCHULTZ, -OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SA'MPLE-ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,879. datedSeptember 23, 1879; application filed October 4, 1878.

'by officials of the Post-Office Department for the required examinationof third-class mailmatter, as in other-packages of that nature. Thelower hap of the envelope is left open and gummed ready for sealing,samples tol be sent through the mail being here inserted and the iiapsealed securely.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the envelope cut andcreased ready for. folding. The corners H H are folded on dotted linesupon Il Lfand these are again folded down upon K K. The two parts K Land K L are then brught together and pasted along the 4scam S (shown inFig. 2) and two eyelet-holes punched, as shown in both figures. Thecorners A A are turned down upon B, slightly overlapping, and largereyelet-holes punched, as indicated.

Fig. 2 shows this flap B turned down and tied by tape E, `while thelower iiap, O, is gummed and left open ready for sealing,which, whensealed, covers dotted lines at P.

The advantages of constructing an envelope on this principle are, that Iget three and six thicknesses of paper whereV tape passing througheyelet-holes would otherwise require extra strengthening by insertion ofmetallic or other eyelets, and that parties having occasion to send ott'large quantities of samples or other third-class mail-matter cando so ina neatly-tied package without the delay of tying tape, strings, 85e.,when the hurryof business demands their early dispatch.

What I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is l The envelopeherein described, consisting of the body M N, having the lower gummedopen flap, O, slits C C, and upper' ap having its corners A A turneddown upon its central part, B, corner aps having the parts H thereoffolded over the parts I, and both over the side iiap, K L, of the samewidth, -and folded with the corner iiaps inwardly, the upper iiap,corner iiaps, and side flaps being provided with holes passing throughseveral thicknesses of the flaps for the reception of removable tapessecuring the upper end of the envelope, substantially as described, andfor the purpose set forth.

ALEXR. HAMILTON SUHULTZ.

Witnesses: i

N. J. VANDER WEYDE, WM. S. PURDY.

